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It occurred to me one day that the standard visualization of the Prisoner's Dilemma is fake. …

x The True Prisoner's Dilemma — LessWrong Value Theory Prisoner's Dilemma Squiggle Maximizer (formerly "Paperclip maximizer") Game Theory Frontpage 268 The True Prisoner's Dilemma by Eliezer Yudkowsky 3rd Sep 2008 5 min read 118 268 It occurred to me one day that the standard visualization of the Prisoner's Dilemma is fake. The core of the Prisoner's Dilemma is this symmetric payoff matrix: 1: C 1: D 2: C (3, 3) (5, 0) 2: D (0, 5) (2, 2) Player 1, and Player 2, can each choose C or D. 1 and 2's utility for the final outcome is given by the first and second number in the pair. For reasons that

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